Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual page 64

The following sections contain more information:
"Registration Rules" on page 64
"Registration Keys" on page 64
"Recommendations Regarding Registration" on page 64
"Registration" on page 65
Registration Rules
If you don't want to enter a registration key during deployment, or if you want devices to be
automatically added to different folders and groups based on predefined criteria (for example,
operating system type, CPU, or IP address), you can use registration rules.
ZENworks Configuration Management includes a default registration rule for servers and another
one for workstations. If a device registers without a key, the default registration rules are applied to
determine the folder and group assignments. The two default rules cause all servers to be added to
the
/Servers
The two default rules are designed to ensure that no server or workstation registration fails.
Therefore, you cannot delete or modify these two default rules. You can, however, define additional
rules that enable you to filter devices as they register and add them to different folders and groups. If
you've established folders for devices with similar configuration settings and groups for devices
with similar assignments, newly registered devices automatically receive the appropriate
configuration settings and assignments.
For more information, see
Administration Quick
Registration Keys
A registration key is an alphanumeric string that you manually define or randomly generate. During
deployment of the ZENworks Adaptive Agent on a device, the registration key must be provided.
When the device connects to a ZENworks Server for the first time, the device is added to the folder
and groups defined within the key.
You can create one or more registration keys to ensure that devices are placed in the desired folders
and groups. For example, you might want to ensure that all of the Sales department's workstations
are added to the
(SalesTeam1, SalesTeam2, or SalesTeam3) depending on their team assignments. You could create
three different registration keys and configure each one to add the Sales workstations to the
Workstations/Sales
correct registration key, it is added to the appropriate folder and group.
For more information, see
Administration Quick
Recommendations Regarding Registration
Based on your final folder and groups design, we recommend that you create registration keys for
each folder you have created or defined.
The following graphic illustrates using registration keys to place devices in folders.
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folder and all workstations to the
"Registration
Start.
/Workstations/Sales
folder and the appropriate team group. As long as each workstation uses the
"Registration
Start.
/Workstations
Rules" in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
folder but are divided into three different groups
Keys" in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management
folder.
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